Jayden Lee enjoys an exciting career as a budding orchestral flutist. A native of Arizona, USA, he has had the opportunity to work with several ensembles, serving as principal flute with the McGill Symphony Orchestra on numerous occasions and performing as guest principal, second flute, and piccolo in various ensembles including l’Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, the Kingston Symphony, and the Orchestre Classique de Montréal. Jayden is the current principal flute of Ensemble Obiora, an orchestra based in Montréal with a focus on diversity and inclusion within the classical music community.

 

In addition to an advanced piano curriculum with the Yamaha School as a young musician, Jayden performed both flute and piccolo with various orchestras including the Honor Orchestra of America, the Arizona All-State Orchestra, the Phoenix Youth Symphony, as well as the Youth Symphony of the Southwest. As a soloist, he performed Cecile Chaminade’s Concertino for Flute and Wind Band with the Desert Ridge High School Wind Ensemble and François Devienne’s 7th flute concerto with McGill’s Beethoven Orchestra. As a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, he has had the opportunity to work with several conductors on both sides of the border including Samy Rachid, Simon Rivard, Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, Alexis Hauser, Jean-Philippe Tremblay, Jean-Michel Malouf, Larry Livingston, and Jeffrey Meyer. 

 

Jayden is currently pursuing a master’s degree in flute performance at the Schulich School of Music with full scholarship and stipend, continuing his studies with Joanna G’froerer, and is a recipient of awards from both the Sylva Gelber Foundation and la Fondation Jeunesses Musicales Canada.